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The writer avoids the danger of grouping together too many real incidents. What he describes may have occurred in the exact order in which he narrates them. Who has not been annoyed in a stage-coach with many a grumbler who might have furnished the original of Squire Stock?

17.-The Three Last Things: the Resurrection of the Body, the

Day of Judgment, and Final Retribution, by Rev. Joseph Tracy. Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839. pp. 104. This book would make an excellent tract for universal circulation. It is a clear, solemn, and earnest presentation of subjects which deeply concern every human being. It is sufficiently argumentative, while its practical bearings are most obvious. We cannot forbear strongly to commend it to all with whom our opinion may be of any value.

18.-The Poets of America: Illustrated by one of her Painters. Edited by John Keese. New York: S. Colman, 1840. pp. 284.

A specimen of this work has been submitted to us by the publisher, which we have examined with pleasure. It is an Annual, "got up" in a style of most exquisite beauty; and, as is usual with publications of this class, it "takes time by the fore lock," and antedates the coming year; that it may be ready, in the tasteful elegance of its costume, to greet the comers thereunto with a smiling welcome.

The volume is wholly composed of short pieces selected from the works of American Poets, whose names are ingeniously wrought into the frontispiece. A large number of these effusions of fancy and feeling are accompanied with graceful and delicate sketches designed and executed expressly for this work, by one of our most distinguished artists. These are beautiful and spirited illustrations not only of scenes and persons described by the Poets, but also of their elegant imaginings. The writers are Drake, Halleck, Sprague, Woodworth, Bryant, Peabody, Longfellow, Percival, Wilcox, Willis, Dana, Holmes, Pierpont, Hilhouse, Sigourney, Mellen, etc. etc. To speak of each one of this collection of gems would be as useless as it is impossible, in our brief notice. To a lover of poetry, for its own sake, that beautiful and airy imagination, the "Culprit Fay," by Drake, is well worth the price of the book; and he who reads the "Last Leaf," by Holmes, will hardly be willing to lay aside his volume until he has treasured it up in his memory.

ADDITIONAL NOTICES.

The following publications are on hand, some of which will be further noticed hereafter:

The Young Lady's Guide to the Harmonious Development. of Christian Character, by Harvey Newcomb. Boston, James B. Dow, 1839.

Tacitus, and Cicero de Oratore, New-Haven Editions, 1839. Poems by W. T. Bacon. New-Haven, B. & W. Noyes, 1839, pp. 214.

Criticisms, Sermons, etc. of Rev. William W. Hunt, with a Brief Memoir. Amherst, J. S. & C. Adams, 1838.

Transplanted Flowers, or Memoirs of Mrs. Rumpff, Daughter of John Jacob Astor, Esq., and the Dutchess de Broglie, Daughter of Madame de Stael: with an Appendix. By Robert Baird. New-York, John S. Taylor, 1839, pp. 159.

The Child's Book of Devotion; or Prayers and Instructions in Verse, suited to the various Relations and Conditions of Childhood and Youth: in Two Parts. By John A. Murray. With an Introduction, by Rev. William Patton, D. D. NewYork, Taylor & Dodd, 1839, pp. 108.

The Military Profession in the United States, and the Means of Promoting its Usefulness and Honor; an Address delivered before the Dialectic Society of the Corps of Cadets of the Military Academy, West Point, at the close of the Annual Examination, June 19, 1839. Ry Benjamin F. Butler. New-York, S. Colman, 1839.

Addresses delivered at the Inauguration of the Professors of Middlebury College, March 18, 1839. Middlebury, 1839, pp. 56. This pamphlet contains the Addresses of four Professors, viz. Messrs. Stoddard, Adams, Twining, and Hough, and contains highly valuable views and suggestions.

An Address delivered in South Hadley, Mass., July 24, 1839, at the Second Anniversary of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. By Rufus Anderson, D. D. Boston, Perkins & Marvin,

1839.

The College System of Education. A Discourse delivered before the Trustees of Hamilton College, May 8, 1839. By Simeon North, on the occasion of his Inauguration as President of the College. Utica, Bennett & Bright, 1839.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: with an Appendix. New-York, 1839. Rev. Erskine Mason, D. D. Stated Clerk.

AN ARTICLE FROM DR. ROBINSON.

We have received a highly interesting article from Professor Robinson, prepared for the Repository, on "the Dead Sea, and the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah." It came to hand too late for insertion in the present No., and will appear in our next. Dr. Robinson is now in Berlin, where he has been for several months past, diligently engaged in the preparation of his work on Palestine; the MS. of which was nearly completed, July 24. The London edition will probably be published in course of the coming winter. It will be accompanied by a new and complete map of the Holy Land, corrected from the notes of Dr. Robinson and Mr. Smith, by Prof. Berghaus, Foreign Hon. Member of the Royal Geographical Society of London, who is perhaps the most distinguished map-maker in the world. In an article, extracted from the "London Geographi cal Journal," which has just reached us, Prof. Berghaus remarks. "In the course of my life I have had in my hands many documents in reference to geographical, and especially cartographical objects, and from them have acquired the conviction that, among all oriental travellers since the time of Niebuhr, the prize is due to the late lamented Burckhardt, so far as it respects minute attention, even to things apparently indifferent, and also accuracy in the measurement of bearings and angles, and in the specification of time for the determination of distances.

"This view, however, I must now essentially modify, after having carefully examined the Journals of Messrs. Robinson and Smith. The observations of these two travellers are so full and comprehensive, their notes upon the form and the features of the country so exact and definite, that the geographer is in a situation, on the basis of these specifications, to construct a special map of the territory, which may perhaps leave little more to be desired."

DR. NORDHEIMER'S CONCORDANCE.

Dr. Nordheimer and Mr. W. W. Turner have issued proposals for publishing by subscription a Complete Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament, with an Introduction and Appendices. It will embody all that is essential in the Concordance of Dr. Fürst, (which is now in the course of publication in Germany,) and will doubtless surpass all works of the kind within the reach of American scholars generally. It will be issued in seven parts, at one dollar each, making the price of the whole work to subscribers $7. Five hundred subscribers are required to authorize the undertaking.

INDEX TO VOLUME II.

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noticed 249.

consonants

Articulate Sounds, the Natural Sig-
nificancy of, 166. The import of
a variety of vowel-sounds 168.
Semi-vowels 169. Liquid conso-
nants 170. Nasals, dentals and
palatals 171. Lingual and labial
172.
mutes-mixed
Consonants in combination 173.
Atheism, Historical Sketch of, 320.
Ancient idolaters Atheists 321.
Ancient philosophical sects 322.
The Anaximandrian, and Eleatic
Other
323. The Stratonic 324.
atheists, general remarks 325. Athe-
ism in Italy 326, in Holland and
England 327, in France and Ameri-
ca, the forms of Atheism in mod-
ern times 329. Moral results 331.
Atonement and Sacrifice, Magee on,
noticed 486.

Audebez, Rev. J. J. Sermons of, 332.

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tionalism? 236 Its open com-
munion 237; freedom of inter-
course with other churches 239.
Friendly to independent Biblical
study 241.

Baird, Rev. Robert, remarks on French
Preaching 332.

Bible Dictionary, The Union, noticed
489.

Bible, the, Obligations of the world to,
noticed 493

Biblical Criticisms and Remarks 480.
"Born of God" and "Born again,"
as used in the New Testament,
"Born again,"
explained 183.
better expressed by the term
generated" 185. Several passa-
A translation
ges explained 186.
of our Saviour's conversation with
Nicodemus 189.

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Bride of Fort Edward, noticed 501.
Brown, Rev. John, D. D. on the Law
of Christ respecting Civil obedience,
especially in the payment of tribute,
noticed 497.

Bunyan, John, the Life and Times of,
noticed 255.

Bush, Rev. George, his Hebrew Gram-

mar noticed 244.

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Cause and Effect, an Essay on, in
connexion with the doctrines of Fa-
talism and Free Agency 381. The
axiom that every change implies an
adequate cause misapplied 382.
The word "cause explained 382.
Generic cause, occasional cause and
Is the above
producing cause 383.
axiom true in respect to mind 385.
Different classes of mental acts 385.
Fatalism 386. Free Agency 387.
How to distinguish between produc-
388.
ing and occasional causes
Priestley's doctrine of fatalism 389,
explained 390, its sophistry 392.
The theory of Phrenologists 392.
Reasoning in a circle 395. Fatal-
ism consists in maintaining that mo-
tive is a producing cause of volition

396. The power of opposite or
contrary choice an intuitive truth
397. Why then is it so often denied
in theory 399. Causes of embar-
rassment and perplexity 400. Some
general laws of mind stated 402.
Want of accurate analysis 404. Am-
biguity of language 405. Questions
proposed 408.

Chapin, Rev. A. B. on the Ante-Co-
lumbian History of America, the
Dighton Rock, etc. 191.

Christian Perfection, Review of 143.
The Christian Philanthropist, noticed

247.

Christ's Kingdom, the Duration of, (an
Exposition of 1 Cor. 15: 24—28.)
439. The design of the Apostle
439. What is intended by Christ's
delivering up the kingdom to the
Father 441. A principal objection
444. Inferences 445.
Church, the, of God, its nature and
constitution-308. Note by the editor
309. The church of God one and
visible 310. Its transmission and
perpetuity 313, by hereditary de-
scent 313, by voluntary assump-
tion of church engagements 315.
Qualifications of church members
316. The rule by which an indi-
vidual should try himself 316, by
which the church should judge
317.

Civil Obedience, the Law of Christ re-
specting, noticed 497.

Classical Works, series of, by Profes-
sor Anthon, noticed 249.
Cobbin, Rev. Ingram, His Condensed
Commentary, noticed 495,
Cogswell, Rev. William, D. D. his
Christian Philanthropist, noticed
247.

Communion Sacramental 1. A cred-
ible profession only necessary 2.
Design of the Lord's Supper 3.
Duty of Christians to partake of
it 5. Injunctions of the Apostles
respecting it 7. Perfect approval
of each other in all things not re-
quired as a ground of commun-
ion 9. The right way to testify
against sin 10. Are slave-holders
excluded from communion 11.
Conant, Professor T. J.-his transla-

tion of Gesenius' Hebrew Gram-
mar, noticed 244.

Condensed Commentary, noticed 495.
Contributions to Ecclesiastical history,
noticed 490.

Controversy, Religious, the cessation
of controversy desirable 292 Pre-
cepts and examples of Scripture
293. The propriety of controver-
sy limited 294. The legitimate
field of debate 295. The points of
controversy usually unimportant
296. Controversy, in most cases,
fails to convince opponents 297, is
adverse to piety 298-is often used
as a vehicle of slander 300, is often
pursued merely for victory 302,
furnishes occasions against reli-
Cowper's Poetry and Letters, General
gion 304. A better way 306.
remarks on the usefulness of poetry
449. A Bible view of the subject
450. A controversy with Dogmati-
cus 454. The poetry of the Bible
455. Poetry perverted 456. Cow-
per's talents wisely improved 457.
His boyhood 460. The character-
istics of his productions 460. Their
present reputation 461. His Let-
ters 462. How collected 464. His
piety 466. A trial of feeling 467.
American taste 468. A notice of
Cowper's works 469. Cowper com-
pared with Pope, etc. 471. Con-
trasted with Byron 474.

Cox, Rev. Samuel H., D. D. on the
phrases "Born of God," and "Born
again, as used in the New Testa-
ment 183.

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